Balaam's Second Oracle
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And Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there."
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And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, z and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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Balaam said to Balak, a "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there."
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And the Lord met Balaam and b put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak."
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And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?"
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And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
"Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
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c God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
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Behold, I received a command to bless:
d he has blessed, and e I cannot revoke it.
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f He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob,
nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
and the shout of a king is among them.
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g God brings them out of Egypt
and is for them like h the horns of the wild ox.
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For there is no enchantment against Jacob,
no i divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
j 'What has God wrought!'
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Behold, a people! k As a lioness it rises up
and as a lion it lifts itself;
l it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain."
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And Balak said to Balaam, "Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all."
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But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, m 'All that the Lord says, that I must do'?"
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And Balak said to Balaam, n "Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there."
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So Balak took Balaam to the top of o Peor, which overlooks p the desert.
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And Balaam said to Balak, q "Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
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r And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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Numbers 23:1 - 2
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.
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Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And he went to a bare height.
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Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, "Must I not take care to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?
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1 Samuel 15:29
And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or ha...
Malachi 3:6
For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O ...
Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevo...
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, who never l...
Hebrews 6:18
So that by two unchangeable things, in which it...
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from ...
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Numbers 22:12
God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
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Numbers 22:18
But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
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Jeremiah 50:20
In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
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Numbers 24:8
God brings him out of Egypt and is for him like the horns of the wild ox; he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces and pierce them through with his arrows.
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Deuteronomy 33:17
A firstborn bull - he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Job 39:9 - 12
Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your manger?
Psalms 22:21
Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
Psalms 92:10
But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me fresh oil.
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Numbers 22:7
So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.
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Psalms 44:1
O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
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Genesis 49:9
Judah is a lion's cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
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Genesis 49:27
"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil."
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Numbers 22:18
But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
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Numbers 23:13
And Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there.
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Numbers 25:18
For they have harassed you with their wiles, wi...
Numbers 31:16
Behold, these, on Balaam's advice, caused the p...
Joshua 22:17
Have we not had enough of the sin at Peor from ...
Psalms 106:28 - 29
Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor,...
Hosea 9:10
Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. ...
Numbers 25:3
So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And th...
Numbers 25:5
And Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each o...
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Numbers 21:20
And from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah that looks down on the desert.
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Numbers 23:1
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.
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Numbers 23:2
Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
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